Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-29

day." said Colorado veteran, sabout some
fellow beating fly loo by soaking his lump Of
sugar in chemical that scared off the in
| sects. You know in fly loo each man lays g
piece Of sugar on the table, and the first one
| that gets a fly loses the drinks or stakes
Last summer was at the Arcade, in Den
yer, and one day a smooth-looking eastern
chap walks in and suggests fly loo. We each
got lump from the bartender and went to
work. It was first fly lose for a dollar q
shot. got the first fly and the second, and
also the next eight. By that time it dawned
on me that he must have doctored his lump,
for there wasn't fly that would go within a
foot of it. I was pretty sore, but just then
a brilliant idea struck me, and 1 proposed
that we try ten more goes at ten dollars
apiece. He said all right, but when we got
the money up I insisted that the rule change
and first fly win instead of lose. To my
surprise he agreed to that too Well, to
make long story short, the flies swarmed
all over his lump for ten straight times, but
nary one came to see me. When he put the
man in Colorado. 1 knew I'd been robbed
but didn't see how it was done. Finally I
called the stranger aside and said:
&C MY friend, don't suppose that Pm i'm
pudent or inquisitive, but 1 have curiosity
to know how you wound me up. If you
will put me on I'll promise not to work the
game in your territory and buy a bottle of
wine'
'sHe laughed and said: well, I don't
mind telling you that put drop of stuff
on my lump that will make a fly hunt the
next county mighty quick
" 4 guessed that much, but how about the
last time we played?'
"'Oh, I supposed you'd want to switch,
so | just changed Jumps with you"
There used to be pretty stiff game in
Kansas City," said one of the party, "made
up of professional card sharps, and by and
by it got such name that nobody but
strangers could be induced to play in it. An
outsider might just well shove his money
under the door and go away as to take cards
there. The regular players were up to all
the tricks of the trade and took the chance
on luck going against them.
'tOne day pretty fresh-looking fellow,
evidently would-be sport, dropped into &
saloon across the way and remarked that he
would like to play little poker if he could
find business mems game. He said he
didn't enjoy playing with gamblers.
You will find business mems game
opposite replied the bartender, made up
of retired merchants and grocers.'
"The stranger said that was just what he
wanted and went right over. He stared a
little when he sized up the party of wolves
around the table, but bought fifty dollars
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an hour he had bought ivories three times
and had had fiushes, fulls and fours beaten
right along. Meantime the players had kept
up running conversation among themselves
about the market, the state of trade, the
Produce Exchange and other topics that they
knew no more about than of the sermon on
the mount
FINALLY the outsider held four kings
against somebody elses four aces, and got up
and slowly put on his hat and overcoat.
''We have enjoyed your society, sir said
the man who held the aces, 'and if we can
do anything further to render your stay in
Kansas City pleasant please command u.s.
GO I wish you would do me a little favor,
since you mention it, replied the stranger.
"'Name it
"tPlease direct me to a horse thief's
game.'"